Shad haul called best in years

4:41 PM,
May 16, 2013

Steve Meserve, holding a large shad, said 2013 already is the best year in at least a decade for shad fishing.

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There are still a few weeks left to this year's American shad run on the Delaware River, but already the haul is being called the best in nearly two decades by Steve Meserve of Lewis Fishery, the lone commercial shad operation on the river.

"We are over 960 shad for the year and are very close to breaking 1,000," said Meserve. "We haven't seen a year like this since 1995, the last time we caught over 1,000."

Meserve said a catch like this is raising some eyebrows because the numbers far exceed recent seasons. ...